A mysterious and deadly bat disorder discovered just two winters ago in a few New York caves has now spread to at least six northeastern states, and scientists are scrambling to find solutions before it spreads across the country.

A mysterious and deadly bat disease discovered just two winters ago in a few New York caves has now spread to at least six northeastern states, and scientists are scrambling to find solutions before it spreads across the country.

A bone-numbing Arctic blast drove temperatures down Friday to 11 below in parts of the Midwest and Northeast, closing schools to spare children from freezing at bus stops and prompting police to keep a watchful eye out for the homeless.

The first Syracuse team to win an NCAA men's lacrosse title was recognized Monday on the 25th anniversary of its achievement. Later in the afternoon, the current Orange squad brought home the program's 10th.

Salisbury (Md.) won its eighth NCAA Division III men's lacrosse championship and fifth in six seasons with a 19-13 win over Cortland (N.Y.) State in Sunday's final at Gillette Stadium. It was the 45th consecutive win for the Sea Gulls (22-0), who have a record of 124-2 over that six-year span.

It is called the "sneak thief of sight" for a reason: Years pass before patients notice vision loss an absence of symptoms while damage is done and sight is stolen with no way to get it back. Glaucoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness, is an eye disease that silently causes vision loss by damaging the optic nerve, the main cable from the eye to the brain that gives people sight.